On 10/11/03 16:47, "Owen Heatwole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I need to backup a G3 Pismo PowerBook (5 GB on hard drive, USB) and a G4 desktop (11 GB on hard drive, USB and Firewire). They are networked, so can back up individually or from either. Looking for inexpensive and efficient options, considering the external hard drive option; a LaCie Pocketdrive 40 GB at $219, or 60 GB at $329. Is this a good option, or other recommendations, please?
I guess that when you buy those kind of drives as a whole, they are good options. However, your cost would be a lot less if you were shopping to find the best deal on a bare 2.5 inch 40GB drive (for laptop), which you could probably find in the neighborhood of $125 and then buy a Firewire enclosure for around $40. Depends if you want to go through the trouble of finding the best deal and then putting the drive in the enclosure.
Why mess with a 2.5" drive??? A 3.5" FW drive enclosure doesn't cost more and $125 will buy you a LOT more desktop drive than laptop drive.
If you're not lugging it about (and that's unlikely since this sounds like your 'home base' backup solution), get a desktop-sized unit.
$329 would probably get you a 200 mb or so drive + enclosure.
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